At the beginning of the COVID outbreak, our new school nurse, head teachers, and village pastor visited hundreds of families to teach about the virus, proper hygiene, and deliver soap, a luxury in most homes. The team kept statistical information that gave us a new, disturbing understanding of the barriers to health most of our children and their families face.
We quickly recognized the unique situation we were facing: our new school nurse was a qualified clinical officer, were were in the midst of a world-wide pandemic, schools were closed, and we had the most qualified medical person for miles around not serving to her potential. Nurse Pamela's desire was to see a medical clinic established.
In 2018, we conducted a five-day medical outreach for the community. Almost 1000 people came for treatment from miles around. The Ugandan doctor who organized and oversaw the medical outreach was anguished by the lack of health care for the region and has spearheaded the effort to open a community clinic with Nurse Pamela.
Though our schools are not fully built, we are taking another leap of faith recognizing God's call "for such a time as this." A house we purchased to use for temporary high school dormitories is being renovated to become the Ebenezer Medical Center. The clinic will serve a population base of about 100,000 people.
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Renovations are almost complete for the clinic. |
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| Classrooms in our new high school buildings are serving as temporary dorms which has freed up this building to become our clinic. |
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| We have purchased an ultrasound machine for the clinic. It will the only one in a 60 mile radius. |
